NATIONAL
Age-specific, year-specific mortality estimates for Zimbabwe between the years 1983 and 2013 are shown below.
3D (raw estimates)
2D (raw estimates)
2D (spline-smoothed)
Data Table
Data Sources
Data for these estimates is based on the following DHS surveys for Zimbabwe:
REGIONAL
NOTE: Some regional recoding was necessary to harmonize the different surveys. The final regions used in each survey are shown in the plot below:
Mortality trends for each region
The plots below show the mortality experienced by different age groups in the different regions of Zimbabwe.
0 - 14 years
15 - 49 years
Poisson Model
The results of the Poisson regression (using age group, time period and country region as predictors) are shown below:
| Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | Incidence Rate Ratios | CI | p |
| (Intercept) | 0.00 | 0.00 – 0.00 | <0.001 |
| Age Group: 0 - 14 | Reference | ||
| Age Group: 15 - 49 | 0.60 | 0.58 – 0.62 | <0.001 |
| Period: 1980s | Reference | ||
| Period: 1990s | 1.88 | 1.79 – 1.97 | <0.001 |
| Period: 2000s | 3.45 | 3.29 – 3.63 | <0.001 |
| Period: 2010s | 2.46 | 2.29 – 2.64 | <0.001 |
| Region: Bulawayo | Reference | ||
| Region: Harare | 1.04 | 0.98 – 1.11 | 0.207 |
| Region: Manicaland | 1.12 | 1.05 – 1.19 | 0.001 |
|
Region: Mashonaland Central |
1.29 | 1.21 – 1.38 | <0.001 |
| Region: Mashonaland East | 1.04 | 0.97 – 1.12 | 0.284 |
| Region: Mashonaland West | 1.18 | 1.11 – 1.26 | <0.001 |
| Region: Masvingo | 1.03 | 0.96 – 1.10 | 0.426 |
|
Region: Matabeleland North |
0.85 | 0.78 – 0.92 | <0.001 |
|
Region: Matabeleland South |
0.93 | 0.87 – 1.00 | 0.050 |
| Region: Midlands | 1.05 | 0.99 – 1.13 | 0.110 |
| Observations | 80 | ||
| R2 Nagelkerke | 1.000 | ||
Data table
Sources
Data was sourced from the following DHS surveys for Zimbabwe:
Below we present the age-specific, year-specific mortality estimates for each region of Zimbabwe between the years 1983 and 2013.